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. >>> and senator john mccain says that chuck hagel will be probably confirmed as the next secretary. he believes he has enough votes to win the vote next week when the senate reconvenes. >>> and in russia, they are trying to calm down after that meteor plowed through friday. some say they are afraid to stand by the windows remembering that cosmic explosion. it injured more than 1,000 people and damaged thousands of buildings. >>> john lennon's killer wrote chilling letters and sent them to the officer who arrested him. now the officer is speaking out for the first time. mark david chapman wrote steve spiro in 1983. he wanted to be friends with the officer, and he had other questions and requests as we. i spoke earlier with officer steve spiro. >> reporter: steve, what did you think when the letters were showing up in the mailbox and they are fascinating to read. what did you think? >> i was shocked. i said, why are you sending this to me? but when you spent five hours with somebody, you get to know them a little bit. and he was -- he was still selling himself three years after the mu
. >>> and senator john mccain says that chuck hagel will be probably confirmed as the next secretary. he believes he has enough votes to win the vote next week when the senate reconvenes. >>> and in russia, they are trying to calm down after that meteor plowed through friday. some say they are afraid to stand by the windows remembering that cosmic explosion. it injured more than 1,000 people and damaged thousands of buildings. >>> john lennon's killer wrote chilling...
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were it not for the john mccains and the kelly ayottes and others that it was due to a video. that benghazi was due to a video and that's simply not true. because of the activity, there is a scathing report about the negligence and the breaches of security of the state department. there have been recommendations made and there may be american lives saved in the future, because of this saga with john mccain right now. so i'm very proud of him for having done it. >> ana navarro and lz granderson. thank you very much. >>> we are following some breaking news after a country music singer dies after taking her own life. >>> crowds gather at the vatican for one of the pope's final acts as leader of the catholic church. rs, discover nectresse. the only 100% natural, no-calorie sweetener made from the goodness of fruit. the rich, sweet taste of sugar. nothing artificial. ♪ it's all that sweet ever needs to be. new nectresse. sweetness naturally. >>> it is half past the hour and we want to get caught up on the headlines right now. we have breaking news coming in to cnn from the countr
were it not for the john mccains and the kelly ayottes and others that it was due to a video. that benghazi was due to a video and that's simply not true. because of the activity, there is a scathing report about the negligence and the breaches of security of the state department. there have been recommendations made and there may be american lives saved in the future, because of this saga with john mccain right now. so i'm very proud of him for having done it. >> ana navarro and lz...
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there may be american lives saved in the future because of this saga with john mccain right now, so i'm very proud of him for having done it. would not have happened but it not for him and the others. >> are we any closer to finding out what happened and correcting it or still on the hunt to figure out who in the white house may have done what? rather than finding a solution to this issue. >> i think we're closer to finding out what happened. we are closer to finding out what happened today. we know more of what happened because there have been hearings. because there has been a review and a report. because there have been recommendations made. because it has been retraced. because it has been in the media. if not, we would not have found out the truth that we do now. there are still pieces missing. i still don't know. i don't know if you do, who is responsible for the inaccurate talking points. i still don't know who made the choice to send ambassador susan rice out to the talk shows. i heard hillary clinton in the testimony she gave in front of the senate say it wasn't her. >> go ahea
there may be american lives saved in the future because of this saga with john mccain right now, so i'm very proud of him for having done it. would not have happened but it not for him and the others. >> are we any closer to finding out what happened and correcting it or still on the hunt to figure out who in the white house may have done what? rather than finding a solution to this issue. >> i think we're closer to finding out what happened. we are closer to finding out what...
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i want to show you what john mccain said on fox. he said, there's a lot of ill will towards senator hagel because when he was a republican, he attacked president bush mercilessly and said he was the worst president since herbert hoover, said the surge was the worst blunder since the vietnam war. which is nonsense. antihis own party, people don't forget that. is this hagel fight about policy or is it about a political payback? >> this is all about politics. when you listen to that quote from john mccain and you watch the way he and his colleagues conducted themselves, they look like an infomercial for anger management therapy. it was truly nothing more than a grudge match. we have almost 70,000 soldiers in combat in afghanistan representing us, fighting for our country and also protecting each other. we need to have a strong figure coordinating the pentagon. and the tactics that you see mccain and the republicans engaging in clearly undermine the next secretary of defense who they all acknowledge is going to be chuck hagel. the other
i want to show you what john mccain said on fox. he said, there's a lot of ill will towards senator hagel because when he was a republican, he attacked president bush mercilessly and said he was the worst president since herbert hoover, said the surge was the worst blunder since the vietnam war. which is nonsense. antihis own party, people don't forget that. is this hagel fight about policy or is it about a political payback? >> this is all about politics. when you listen to that quote...
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before, i remember john mccain grilling don rumsfeld in hearings. i remember john mccain grilling secretary baker in hearings. it's their job. they are there to advise and consent. somebody needs to put these candidates through a scrutiny. the questions need to get asked. >> what about the relevance of the questions they asked, that they were old questions. >> oh, don, look. a lot of it goes to -- chuck hagel couldn't answer questions about things he said ten years ago, and he couldn't answer questions, for example, about the united states policy towards iran. he couldn't answer any questions. basically, the only question he answered accurately was when he got a softball question from senator jack reed who asked him how he got the job. and he said he had told president obama he wasn't qualified. that's probably the only truth he said in that entire hearing. it was a hearing that was full of chuck hagel saying i should have said, i meant to say, let me clarify this. there were clarifications to his clarifications. so he looked very poor. he looked il
before, i remember john mccain grilling don rumsfeld in hearings. i remember john mccain grilling secretary baker in hearings. it's their job. they are there to advise and consent. somebody needs to put these candidates through a scrutiny. the questions need to get asked. >> what about the relevance of the questions they asked, that they were old questions. >> oh, don, look. a lot of it goes to -- chuck hagel couldn't answer questions about things he said ten years ago, and he...
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you asked his old friend, we will use the friend very loosely you john mccain, about hagel's chances. >> because i did not believe that chuck hagel, who is a friend of mine, is qualified to be secretary of defense. but i do believe that elections have consequences. unfortunately. the president of the united states was reelected, i believe when the questions are answered and i believe they will be by this coming week, that the president deserves an up or down vote. >> despite what may appear by some as a personal grudge here between mccain and hagel, there there will be vote there is for the confirmation of hagel? >> the votes are there it takes 51ment he clearly has that. what happened last time there were not enough votes to cut off a filibuster, they were shy of that there are now enough republicans who say hey we gave it another week, we have been looking at these things and therefore, we can now go ahead and vote. so, they do have enough votes, we believe, we should always add that, when it comes to the u.s. senate to put that nomination on the floor and there are certainly enough
you asked his old friend, we will use the friend very loosely you john mccain, about hagel's chances. >> because i did not believe that chuck hagel, who is a friend of mine, is qualified to be secretary of defense. but i do believe that elections have consequences. unfortunately. the president of the united states was reelected, i believe when the questions are answered and i believe they will be by this coming week, that the president deserves an up or down vote. >> despite what...
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it's personal, frankly, john mccain was very clear about this on another network yesterday, carol. he and many other republicans have not gotten over the fact that when hagel was in the senate he was absolutely against the rough war, never mind the americans ended up against the iraq war as well. this is something that he's never been forgiven for. and secondly, it's political, because back to what jason said, and i completely agree. this is a republican party who is hell-bent on not ever willingly giving president obama what he wants. >> right. exactly. >> and there's a big danger here because the american people were very clear during the election that they want the two parties to work together. and the republicans have only obstructed and said what they're against. they still have not told us what they are for. >> right. >> el, l.z., you mentioned earlier that john mccain spoke in glowing terms of chuck hagel just a few years ago. and he already knew about that iraq war thing? >> right, he was before hagel before against him. he pulled a john kerry on us. this is what america ha
it's personal, frankly, john mccain was very clear about this on another network yesterday, carol. he and many other republicans have not gotten over the fact that when hagel was in the senate he was absolutely against the rough war, never mind the americans ended up against the iraq war as well. this is something that he's never been forgiven for. and secondly, it's political, because back to what jason said, and i completely agree. this is a republican party who is hell-bent on not ever...
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on the subject of dreams and nightmares, guess which one john mccain was having in 2007? a big yawn from harry reid in 2010. and for vice president biden, perhaps a moment of meditation in 2011. mr. biden's hands have their very own chapter in the state of the union history book. so much sitting and standing and clapping, easy to see why he might have a timing issue. >> less than 1%. >> reporter: -- there is the air boxing fist pump -- >> that dream is why the working class kid from scranton can sit behind me. >> reporter: and, of course, the palms to the sky shrug. >> nobody messes with joe. am i right? >> reporter: we have the constitution to thanks for this annual address. and even if the state of the union is animated, sleepy, or dreamy, according to the president -- >> the state of our union will always be strong. >> john berman, this is why i love you. let me just say this, shouldn't everyone in that sacred room just always sort of assume you can be on camera at any moment in time, right? on your best behavior. >> absolutely. drink 12 cups of coffee and have a coca-
on the subject of dreams and nightmares, guess which one john mccain was having in 2007? a big yawn from harry reid in 2010. and for vice president biden, perhaps a moment of meditation in 2011. mr. biden's hands have their very own chapter in the state of the union history book. so much sitting and standing and clapping, easy to see why he might have a timing issue. >> less than 1%. >> reporter: -- there is the air boxing fist pump -- >> that dream is why the working class...
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. >> reporter: john mccain, who said he would not go along with the hagel filibuster is reversing course saying he, too, wants answers about benghazi before letting hagel go through. >> it's the first time in the history of our country that a presidential nominee for secretary of defense has been filibustered. what a shame. >> reporter: all this a day after the armed services committee approved hagel's nomination amid biting accusations. >> have you been paid by a foreign government. >> reporter: republican ted cruz demanding to know if hagel accepted money for speeches. >> it is a minimum relevant to know if that $200,000 that he deposited in his bank account came directly from saudi arabia, came directly from north korea. i have no evidence to suggest that it is or isn't >> reporter: democrats lit into cruz. >> senator cruz has gone over the line. he basically has impugned the patriotism of the nominee. >> reporter: even mccain, opposed to hagel's nomination, says cruz went too far. >> senator hagel is an honorable man. he has served his country, and no one on this committee at any tim
. >> reporter: john mccain, who said he would not go along with the hagel filibuster is reversing course saying he, too, wants answers about benghazi before letting hagel go through. >> it's the first time in the history of our country that a presidential nominee for secretary of defense has been filibustered. what a shame. >> reporter: all this a day after the armed services committee approved hagel's nomination amid biting accusations. >> have you been paid by a...
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so there are republicans like john mccain who say, why don't we just go home? why would we give this added authority to the president. and then in talking to senior administration officials, they are saying, quote, that it is a cynical device, and it is a complete sham. and the reason they believe that, as one put it to me, is, look, it is like telling somebody, okay, we know you have to cut two of your fingers off, but you get to choose which ones. not much of a choice. >> okay. gloria borger, my thanks to you. >> sure. >> while gloria was discussing, washington leaders back and forth at one another. they are standing together to honor rosa parks. there he is, speaking earlier, president obama, also had congressional leaders and more than 50 of her relatives gather, at the capital to unveil this bronze statue of her. she stands nine feet tall. she is the first black woman to be honored with a statue there. >> rosa parks' singular act of disobedience launched a movement. the tired feet of those who walked the dusty roads of montgomery helped a nation see that t
so there are republicans like john mccain who say, why don't we just go home? why would we give this added authority to the president. and then in talking to senior administration officials, they are saying, quote, that it is a cynical device, and it is a complete sham. and the reason they believe that, as one put it to me, is, look, it is like telling somebody, okay, we know you have to cut two of your fingers off, but you get to choose which ones. not much of a choice. >> okay. gloria...